MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Oct 16, 2023
STM Publication and Open Science in China

This lecture intends for a brief, but up to date, presentation for STM Publication and Open Science in China. Attention is first focused on the surge of scholarly outputs from China, through both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The surge is largely due to two drivers, graduate education and the raise of university/CAS research budgets. We next address the research ecology with efforts to combat misconducts. A domestic issue on how to elevate the status for 5000+ STM journals registered in China is then examined, with a pilot program for promoting those journals to Scopus. At the end, we elucidate the current policy development in open science (OS) in China, with the focus on the OS readiness in China, and complemented by describing some difficult issues for reaching a nation-wide transformative OA deal in China. The task groups by CAS and CCOS give 3 recommendations to improve the situation.

Comment by Yuzhuo CAI.

 

Biography

  • Professor Wei Yang sitting in a brown leather chair, facing to the camera
    Wei YANG (Zhejiang University)

    Wei Yang was born in 1954 in Beijing. He received his Ph.D. degree from Brown University, USA in 1985. Prof. Yang has worked in fracture mechanics, meso and nano mechanics, structures of aerospace vehicles, X-mechanics, STM journals, and open science. He served as Director of the Office of Academic Degrees Committee under State Council of China (2004-2006). He was the President of Zhejiang University (2006-2013), and the President of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2013-2018). Currently, he is a Professor of Zhejiang University, a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Head of Technological Science, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a Foreign Member of National Academy of Engineering (USA).

Organizer(s)
Address
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Zoom/Online Meeting Platform
Contact and Registration

This lecture is open to all MPIWG members and those from outside the institute. For further information and online registration, please contact Dieu Linh Bui Dao: office-ahlers@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

2023-10-16T10:30:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2023-10-16 10:30:00 2023-10-16 12:00:00 STM Publication and Open Science in China This lecture intends for a brief, but up to date, presentation for STM Publication and Open Science in China. Attention is first focused on the surge of scholarly outputs from China, through both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The surge is largely due to two drivers, graduate education and the raise of university/CAS research budgets. We next address the research ecology with efforts to combat misconducts. A domestic issue on how to elevate the status for 5000+ STM journals registered in China is then examined, with a pilot program for promoting those journals to Scopus. At the end, we elucidate the current policy development in open science (OS) in China, with the focus on the OS readiness in China, and complemented by describing some difficult issues for reaching a nation-wide transformative OA deal in China. The task groups by CAS and CCOS give 3 recommendations to improve the situation. Comment by Yuzhuo CAI.   Biography Wei YANG (Zhejiang University) Wei Yang was born in 1954 in Beijing. He received his Ph.D. degree from Brown University, USA in 1985. Prof. Yang has worked in fracture mechanics, meso and nano mechanics, structures of aerospace vehicles, X-mechanics, STM journals, and open science. He served as Director of the Office of Academic Degrees Committee under State Council of China (2004-2006). He was the President of Zhejiang University (2006-2013), and the President of National Natural Science Foundation of China (2013-2018). Currently, he is a Professor of Zhejiang University, a Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Head of Technological Science, a Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), a Foreign Member of National Academy of Engineering (USA). Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Zoom/Online Meeting Platform Anna Lisa AhlersDieu Linh Bui Dao Anna Lisa AhlersDieu Linh Bui Dao Europe/Berlin public